Guess I wasn't clear on what I believed to be true or right. Aw, shucks!
_____ Eric,You appear to have attributed to John Wager words written by Walter
Okshevsky. John ______On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > John: Is it not the case that people become literary writers or poets
> > instead of> > philosophers or scientists because they aren't clear on what they believe
> > to be > > true or right? > >> > Eric: No. Writers and poets have an intuition -- an intuition unrelated to > > belief -- that they cannot put into words. That's why they write so much. > > For poets, it's often a sound, maybe the sound of a few words; for writers > > it may be a scene that has some ineluctable attraction to them.
> >> > John: Or because they believe that "true" and "right" do not apply to their
> > (or anybody's) views on world, others and self? > > > > Eric: Depends on the writer or poet. For the most part, no. > >> > John: Or because they lack the courage of their convictions, should they
> > have any? > >> > Eric: In general, writers and poets have *more* courage than philosophers. > > Writers and poets go to darker places, within themselves and their > > characters, than philosophers usually dare to enter. Hence the philosopher's > > penchant for "clarity," analysis, and argumentation, all of which are, > > finally, a way of defending the timid self by recourse to generalizations
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